Ceramic Hip Resurfacing 2012

Unlike traditional hip replacement hip resurfacing doesn t completely replace the ball of the hip with a metal or ceramic ball.

Ceramic hip resurfacing 2012.

Instead the bone is reshaped and capped with a metal prosthesis. I will be one of the first surgeons in the uk to use this next year. Hip resurfacing ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing recerf thread starter chappy. As these metal surfaces rub together there is the potential for wear and release of metal ions.

By professor derek mcminn md frcs 7th february 2019. The hip socket is fitted with a metal cup. This information has been written by a prof patrick weinrauch for the purposes of patient education. Joined may 18 2020 messages 13 age 57 gender female country australia may 18 2020 1 my doctor is recommending i take place in the trial of this resurfacing as i am relatively young and female.

Recerf is a new type of ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing device. Ceramic hip resurfacing is similar in design to traditional metal hip resurfacing however the implant is manufactured from the ceramic commonly used in many conventional total hip replacements. Home patient info hip resurfacing and andy murray. De smet places his first recerf hip resurfacing device on march 3 2019 in johannasburg south africa.

The procedure that may save his career. It includes a safety study followed by an efficacy study. When the cartilage covering the weight bearing areas of the hip joint is lost in osteoarthritis the resultant rubbing of bone on bone produces pain stiffness and limp. Hip resurfacing and sir andy murray.

New types of devices are being. The details provided are of general nature only and. Here s the new recerf ceramic hip resurfacing. This is a prospective non randomized consecutive series multicentre observational study to evaluate the clinical outcome of ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing arthroplasty using the ceramic non porous non cemented h1 hip resurfacing arthroplasty.

Start date may 18 2020. Has anyone else had.